Amartya Sen

News about Amartya Sen, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Sep. 8, 2013

Jyoti Thottam reviews book An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. MORE

Aug. 22, 2013

Memo From New Delhi; India’s inability to pull hundreds of millions of people out of poverty despite decades of robust growth has sparked an unusually nasty fight between two of its greatest economists, Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati. MORE

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March 24, 2014, Monday

From Friday through Tuesday, celebrated writers from India and abroad will talk about not just their books but also about the two World Wars, Afghanistan after the withdrawal of American troops, Himalayan languages and the making of modern China.